date:Jan 17, 2013
The study, by Professor Enrique Amaya and his team at The Healing Foundation Centre in the Faculty of Life Sciences, looked at the regeneration system in tadpoles.
Results showed that levels of the molecule Hydrogen Peroxide (better known as bleach) increased in cells undergoing regeneration after cutting off the tadpoles tail.Other bleach-like chemicals, known as oxidizing agents or Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), have previously been linked to damaging DNA and causing aging.However, the study